ALBANY, N.Y. (April 28, 2004) -- Katherine Jezik
(Washingtonville, NY) and Jennifer Powalski (Buffalo,
NY) will receive the 2004 Friends of the Libraries
Student Service Excellence Awards at an ceremony
on April 29. Seang III Bae and Duyen N. Mrak have
been awarded 2004 Alice Hastings Murphy Scholarships,
granted to staff employees or student employees
who wish to become librarians and who are enrolled
in or accepted in an American Library Association
accredited library and information science degree
program.

Jezik is a senior English major, and will graduate
in May. She has worked as a student assistant
in the Libraries for four years. She has decided
to become a professional librarian, and has applied
for graduate school at Albany’s School of Information
Science and Policy (SISP).

Powalski is a Communications student and will
also graduate in May. She has worked as a student
assistant in the Libraries since 2000. After graduation,
she plans a career in a public relations firm
in New York City. Both awardees will receive $500
and a certificate of achievement from Ben-Ami
Lipetz, President of the Board of the Friends
of the Libraries; and Meredith A. Butler, Dean
and Director of the University Libraries.

Sang III (Peter) Bae has worked in the Interlibrary
Loan Department of the University Library since
2002. He has also worked as a graduate student
assistant in the Libraries. He began his work
in SISP while simultaneously working on a graduate
degree in History from UAlbany.

Duyen (Dee Dee) Mrak has worked in Cataloguing
Services and Preservation Services since 2002.
She is currently enrolled in SISP. Mr. Bae and
Ms. Mrak will each receive $500 and a certificate
of achievement at the April 29 awards ceremony.

“Each of these individuals exemplifies the high
standards we set for these awards,” says Dean
Meredith A. Butler. “We are proud that they have
worked with us, and we know that they will be
successful in their careers.”

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